Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Built in the early 17th century, this beautiful former convent became a museum following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1835 and now holds the finest collection of Spanish Golden Age masters outside of the Prado. Although Madrid has most of the great Velázquez paintings, the rest of the Sevillian school is well represented. Some of Murillo’s greatest works are here, notably a colossal Immaculate Conception and the enigmatic Santa Catalina de Alejandria, acquired in 2022. One room showcases canvases painted for this convent by Francisco Pacheco, tutor and father-in-law to Velázquez, and Zurbarán is represented with large paintings depicting the monks of Sevilla’s Carthusian monastery.
There is fascinating sculpture too, notably three articulated polychromes of the Martyrs of Japan.
After all that religious art, enjoy examples of the costumbrista style of folkloric painting, including Las Cigarreras by Gonzalo Bilbao, depicting female workers at Sevilla’s cigar factory in 1915, and a vibrant dancing Sevillian couple by José García Ramos from 1885.
Built in the early 17th century, this beautiful former convent became a museum following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1835 and now holds the finest collection of Spanish Golden Age masters outside of the Prado. Although Madrid has most of the great Velázquez paintings, the rest of the Sevillian school is well represented. Some of Murillo’s greatest works are here, notably a colossal Immaculate Conception and the enigmatic Santa Catalina de Alejandria, acquired in 2022. One room showcases canvases painted for this convent by Francisco Pacheco, tutor and father-in-law to Velázquez, and Zurbarán is represented with large paintings depicting the monks of Sevilla’s Carthusian monastery.
There is fascinating sculpture too, notably three articulated polychromes of the Martyrs of Japan.
After all that religious art, enjoy examples of the costumbrista style of folkloric painting, including Las Cigarreras by Gonzalo Bilbao, depicting female workers at Sevilla’s cigar factory in 1915, and a vibrant dancing Sevillian couple by José García Ramos from 1885.
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